111: How to Respond to a Grieving Friend

People are calling it the Cornell 7 case. In twelve days, Cornell, the Tompkins County district attorney, the mayor of Ithaca and Governor Kathy Hochul all put out statements about the same night in 2024. A former student, identified only as Jane Doe, has filed a civil lawsuit al ...  Show more

Buckingham Palace does not comment on books. It has said so for a hundred years. Last week it said it again, inside a comment on a book.Charles Spencer, Diana's brother, writes that Charles sounded "giddily elated" on a phone call after Diana died. That is his account, and nobody ...  Show more

If you’ve ever had a friend lose someone they love, you know how hard it is to figure out what to say. Here are four steps that might help. 

When tragedy strikes, most of us go silent—not because we don’t care, but because we don’t know what to say. In this episode, I walk you through exactly what to do (and what not to do) when someone you care about is going through grief. From the well-meaning phrases that actually ...  Show more

Have you struggled with how to support someone who is grieving? We can’t tell you how many times we’ve been in incredibly awkward situations or said the wrong thing in an effort to be helpful. Today we’re talking about grief and loss with Rachel Wilkerson Miller, the author of Th ...  Show more

<span class="s1">Tune in this week to discover how to work with and allow your emotions, how to set up boundaries around your grieving process when dealing with other people, and eventually how to accept the reality of the situation. Losing someone we love is awful, and it wil ...